Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, first phase)
Basic information
Sample name: Garicin Grad (southeast corner tower, first phase)
Reference: H. Baron, A. E. Reuter, and N. Markovic. 2019. Rethinking ruralization in terms of resilience: Subsistence strategies in sixth-century Caricin Grad in the light of plant and animal bone finds. Quaternary International 499:112-128 [ER 3827]
Geography
Country: Serbia
Coordinate: 42° 54' 23" N, 21° 42' 56" E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Holocene
Section: 3827
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 0.001423
Min Ma: 0.001385
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "from the southeastern corner tower of the lower town"
exact coordinate listed by UNESCO
from during "the reign of Emperor Justinian I. (AD 527-565)"
exact coordinate listed by UNESCO
from during "the reign of Emperor Justinian I. (AD 527-565)"
Environment
Lithology: not described
Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement
Archaeology: buildings
Habitat comments: numerous "agricultural tools" were found elsewhere in the fortification, but it is not clear whether any were found in this exact site
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates,other small mammals,birds,fishes
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 638 specimens
Years: 2002 - 2008
Sampling comments: excavation with "intensive dry sieving (6 mm, 3 mm, 1 mm mesh sizes)"
Metadata
Sample number: 4174
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-03-16 09:10:54
Modified: 2023-05-30 06:17:28
Abundance distribution
16 species
1 singleton
total count 638
geometric series index: 20.2
Fisher's α: 2.979
geometric series k: 0.6973
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7972
Shannon's H: 1.9258
Good's u: 0.9984
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Register
| Bos taurus | 131 | 337 kg |
| "Bos primigenius taurus" | ||
| Ovis aries | 74 | 41 kg |
| "Ovis ammon aries" | ||
| Capra aegagrus hircus | 28 | 22 kg browser-grazer |
| "Capra aegagrus" (certainly domestic): also 260 indeterminate Ovis or Capra | ||
| Sus scrofa domesticus | 223 | 54 kg herbivore |
| "Sus scrofa domestica" | ||
| Equus ferus caballus | 9 | 422 kg |
| Equus africanus asinus | 4 | 287 kg |
| plus one mule or hinny and 32 indeterminate Equus | ||
| Camelus sp. | 10 | |
| Canis lupus familiaris | 5 | 43 kg carnivore |
| Felis catus | 2 | |
| "Felis silvestris catus" | ||
| Gallus gallus domesticus | 87 | 29.1 g frugivore-granivore |
| "Gallus gallus domestica" | ||
| Cervus elaphus | 28 | 104 kg |
| Sus scrofa | 25 | 54 kg herbivore |
| apparently wild | ||
| Lepus europaeus | 1 | 3.4 kg herbivore |
| Anas sp. | 6 | |
| Cyprinus carpio | 3 | |
| Silurus glanis | 2 | |